In my experience, birthday parties are sort of like Legos. You think you’ll be able to control them, contain them, buck the trend and keep things modest. And then at some point you find yourself ankle-deep in tiny plastic pieces
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I’ve been planning our family dinners a month at a time for so long now that I honestly can’t even tell you exactly how long it’s been. It might be a decade, give or take. That’s a long, long time.
Every Christmas Eve, we eat lunch at a hibachi restaurant with my parents and my sister D. I don’t know exactly how that became our tradition, but it has stood for several years now — long enough that L. and
Brace yourselves. I’m about to advocate for sugar. I know, I know — haven’t I read the research that says it’s toxic? That we’re poisoning our children? Haven’t I read about how even kids who eat “healthy” diets are consuming
There’s just something about tzatziki, isn’t there? It’s all so FRESH. You just mix a little yogurt with some cucumber and a few other ingredients, and it’s like summer — you’re transported to this place where everything is warm and
It’s wintertime now, truly and officially — not just on the calendar, but outside my door. Here in New England the mercury has barely cracked double digits the past couple of mornings. Our breath is visible. Our noses hurt when
Oof. I can’t eat anymore. Can you? The holidays have really been a parade of great food and good family times…but I am stuffed. Even though I’ve passed up many tempting items in the past few days, I’m still feeling
The calendar tells me it’s that time again: Time to round up the year with something, before we get to the January meal plan and march boldly ahead into 2016. Last year, I did a roundup of the 14 best
Some of you may recall that in years past, I’ve undertaken some form of freezer and pantry challenge during November and/or December, in order to slow down our grocery bill at a time of year when we could use the
As many of my faithful readers know, in my “real life” I work as a freelance writer and consultant to non-profit organizations. Most of my work is done for the amazing non-profit The Family Dinner Project, which is something like